Fairy Tale Royal FROG PRINCE TRINKET BOX Iridescent Enamel Hinged Magnetic Clasp

Description: PRINCE CHARMING CROWNED FROG TRINKET BOX This listing features a very regal trinket box in the form of an enameled frog wearing a red crown. He is likely the handsome prince some wicked witch put a spell on in the original Brothers Grimm fairy tale*. He measures approximately 2 inches long and is in outstanding condition with highly detailed enamel on shiny gold-tone metal. His eyes are especially nice. He is hinged on the back and secured in front with a magnetic clasp for keeping all your royal baubles safe within. Research learned the Grimms brothers' fairy tale had a more shocking fate in store for the original frog prince than the story I remembered, and it gives this trinket box an even richer history. *The MODERN version has a beautiful princess befriending a prince, who she doesn't know was turned into a frog by a wicked witch’s spell. She meets this frog after dropping her golden ball in a pond (sometimes it’s a well). When she asks the frog to retrieve it for her he says he will but only in exchange for her lifelong friendship. She graciously agrees and he retrieves the ball. Her unlikely friendship breaks the spell and the frog is magically transformed back into a handsome prince. They fall in love and live happily ever after. Not so fast. The ORIGINAL version goes like this; the spell is still broken when the deal is struck and the ball is returned, but the spiteful princess breaks her promise to be friends forever by throwing him against a stone wall, which smashes him to death. Only then is her true nature revealed, as well as his true identity as a prince. A handsome dead one. It's hard to say which version is a more useful lesson but I prefer the modern one, which may have indirectly inspired my favorite childhood story about who else? 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Price: 22.98 USD

Location: Marietta, Georgia

End Time: 2024-12-01T02:55:22.000Z

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